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The NYC That Never Was: Wild Plans to Redo the Statue of Liberty
Call for Submission, 1983. Image Courtesy of Storefront for Art and Architecture. In 1983, as the centennial of the Statue of Liberty dedication approached in 1986, the Storefront for Art and...
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Vertical Urban Factory Exhibition Opens at Industry City Gallery
If you didn’t know there was a Food Hall inside Industry City, the sprawling warehouse turned creative and small manufacturing space in Sunset Park, this is your chance to go and check out the latest...
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Fun Maps: NYC’s Rooftop Solar Potential with Mapdwell’s Solar System
In 2009, we remember late professor Mojdeh Baratloo sharing about her work mapping solar potential of rooftops in New York City. The work was conceptual then and open-source data was in the early...
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Searching for the Lost 76th Street Subway Station, the “Roswell” of the NYC...
There may be no other subway station more contentious among subway buffs than the 76th Street subway station in Queens, an IND station on the A line near Ozone Park, Queens that the The New York Times...
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Fun Maps: NYC Park Accessibility and Acres of Open Space Per Resident
WNYC’s Data News Team has mapped out New York City’s open space accessibility, both in terms of distance to a park and the amount of space, per thousands of residents. Currently, the New York City...
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Get a Reissue of the 1975 NASA Graphics Standards Manual by NYC Partners at...
From Jesse Reed and Hamish Smyth, the same duo from design firm Pentagram that reissued the 1970 NYC Subway Graphics Standard Manual and the poster of all 468 subway stations in New York City, now...
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Climbing Atop NYC’s Bridges with Photographer and Bridge Man Dave Frieder
The 2010s have been the era of the teenage urban explorer, all motivated by many different reasons. Some for sheer brashness, some for Instagram fame, some for architectural preservationist reasons....
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NYC Film Locations: Mozart in the Jungle on Amazon
The show Mozart in the Jungle, a commissioned series by Amazon for Prime Instant Video will return for a second season this fall starring Gael Garcia Bernal, Lola Kirke and Jason Schwarzman. Based in...
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9 Ways to See Pope Francis on His First NYC Visit This Month
On September 24th and 25th, Pope Francis will make his first visit to New York City on his first trip to the United States. Though the oft-liberal pope has had his reservations about America, that...
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Cities 101: The Longest Subway Ride in NYC With One Swipe
In a sister challenge to the Guinness World Record attempts to ride the entire subway system, the WNYC data team has been in search of the longest subway ride one can take in New York City with one...
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Bill That Limits NYC Landmarking Will Be Heard Tomorrow: How to Act
It seems that just yesterday, we were celebrating the successful fight against “decalandering,” a proposal from the Landmarks Preservation Commission in late 2014 to remove proposed landmarks and...
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The Top 10 Secrets of NYC’s City Hall
New York City Hall. Photo by franklyfrank Today, controversial bill Intro 775, which may limit the effectiveness of the NYC Landmarks Law, goes to hearing in the City Council Chambers at City Hall....
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Vintage NYC Photos: A 17-Year Old Stanley Kubrick Takes on New York City
When Stanley Kubrick was just 17 years old, he began working at LOOK Magazine in New York City. Long before he was the celebrated cinema auteur, he brought his evolving sensibility to the streets and...
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Cities 101: The US Open Tennis Court “Slamboni” Crew Dry Up Courts After Rain
The U.S. Open Tennis “Slambonis” in action drying up the court at Arthur Ashe Stadium Yesterday at the U.S. Open Arthur Ashe Tennis Stadium, a rain delay interrupted a high-tension quarterfinal match...
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Photos of New 7 Line Extension Subway Station at Hudson Yards NYC
Today, just a little after 1pm, we rode the inaugural 7 Line train from Times Square to Hudson Yards. As a pristine new subway train pulled into the station, the crowd of excited passengers–which was...
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Bringing Back the City Exhibit Showcases Response to NYC Disasters from 9/11...
A destroyed subway station near Ground Zero on the evening of Sept. 12, 2001 after the September 11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center in New York City.(AP Photo/Mark Lennihan) With 9/11 fresh...
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Your Week Untapped: Top 10 NYC Events September 21st-27th, 2015
Our picks for New York City’s urbanist events for next week include a mass meditation on a boat, screening of Dog Day Afternoon, and the return of the Transit Museum Bus Festival. Monday, September...
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New Photo Exhibit Offers Rare Access to Abandoned Brooklyn Navy Yard Hospital
For the last five years, German artist Bettina WitteVeen has been working on a site-specific installation inside the abandoned Brooklyn Navy Yard Hospital building. The photographic exhibit, “When We...
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“Constructing from the Razor’s Edge” Opens in Flatiron Prow Art Space
Last night, a new exhibit tailor made for architecture buffs opened in the Flatiron Prow Art Space. “Constructing from the Razor’s Edge” by Christina Lihan features suspended paper cut-outs of New...
View ArticleVideo: NYC Pizza Rat Drags Slice Down Stairs, Gives Up
When we published our article this morning on 10 NYC pizza joints with a big slice of personality, we didn’t expect the plucky pizza rat (seen in the video above) to start trending. He makes it almost...
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